What is the ruling on zakah for a rented-out house?
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Question:
A man has a house that he rents out, and he intends to sell it once he has made some profit from it. A lunar year has passed over it. Does he have to pay zakah on the value of the rent and on the value of the house?
Answer:
If he intends to sell the house—if he intends to sell the house and rents it out while waiting for someone to come and buy it—then it is obligatory for him to pay zakah on the rent and on the house, because it has become a trade good offered for sale. So he pays zakah on both: the rent and the value of the house. Yes.
A man has a house that he rents out, and he intends to sell it once he has made some profit from it. A lunar year has passed over it. Does he have to pay zakah on the value of the rent and on the value of the house?
Answer:
If he intends to sell the house—if he intends to sell the house and rents it out while waiting for someone to come and buy it—then it is obligatory for him to pay zakah on the rent and on the house, because it has become a trade good offered for sale. So he pays zakah on both: the rent and the value of the house. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الزكاة في المنزل المؤجر؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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